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Sebastian Strangio

Sebastian Strangio

Sebastian Strangio is Southeast Asia editor at The Diplomat. 

In 2008, he began his career as a reporter at The Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia, and has since traveled and reported extensively across the 10 nations of ASEAN. Sebastian’s writing has appeared in leading publications including Foreign Affairs, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and The New York Times, The Diplomat, and Nikkei Asian Review, among many others. He is the author of “Hun Sen’s Cambodia” (Yale, 2014), a path-breaking examination of Cambodia since the fall of the Khmer Rouge, and “In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century (Yale, 2020). 

Alongside his journalistic work, Sebastian has also consulted for a wide variety of economic risk firms and non-government organizations, and is quoted frequently in the international media on political developments in Southeast Asia. Sebastian holds a B.A. and Master’s degree in international politics from The University of Melbourne. He currently lives in Adelaide.

You can get in touch with Sebastian via Twitter, Facebook, or email.

Posts by Sebastian Strangio
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January 15, 2025

Philippines Protests Fresh Chinese Deployments at Disputed Shoal

By Sebastian Strangio
2025 is shaping up as another year of friction and contention in disputed parts of the South China Sea.
January 14, 2025

Myanmar Military Launches Air Strikes on Kachin, Rakhine, Shan States

By Sebastian Strangio
2025 seems set to continue last year's sharp increase in the number of retaliatory air and artillery attacks on resistance-held territories.

January 14, 2025

Thai Cabinet Approves Draft Law Legalizing Gambling

By Sebastian Strangio
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's government says that legal casinos will bolster further the recovery of the country's tourism sector.

January 13, 2025

Malaysia’s Anwar Denies Covering Up Document Permitting Ex-Leader’s House Arrest

By Sebastian Strangio
Najib Razak claims that an unpublished royal order permits him to serve the remainder of his corruption-related sentence at home.

January 13, 2025

Killer of Ex-Cambodian MP Won’t Reveal Who Ordered Assassination, Thai Police Say

By Sebastian Strangio
Ekkalak Pheanoi, a former Thai marine, was extradited from Cambodia and questioned by Bangkok police on Saturday.
January 10, 2025

Japan, Malaysia Pledge to Strengthen Economic, Security Ties

By Sebastian Strangio
Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is visiting Malaysia and Indonesia on his first bilateral state visit since taking office.

January 10, 2025

Malaysia’s PM Outlines Leadership Ambitions in Energy, Chip Manufacturing

By Sebastian Strangio
Anwar Ibrahim says that his country's "neutrality and openness for partnership" make it a "natural hub" for high-tech manufacturing.
January 09, 2025

New iPhone Still Barred From Sale in Indonesia Despite Apple Investment

By Sebastian Strangio
Jakarta seems determined to use the leverage it enjoys as the world's fourth-largest smartphone market to extract maximum benefits from the U.S. tech giant.

January 09, 2025

Cambodian Police Arrest Primary Suspect in Slaying of Former MP

By Sebastian Strangio
An ex-Thai marine is believed to be responsible for the killing of Lim Kimya, a former lawmaker for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.

January 08, 2025

Indonesia Officially Becomes First Southeast Asian Member of BRICS

By Sebastian Strangio
The decision to apply for membership reflects President Prabowo Subianto's more proactive approach to foreign policy.

January 08, 2025

Former Cambodian Opposition MP Gunned Down in Bangkok

By Sebastian Strangio
The daylight killing of Lim Kimya, a member of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party, is a sign of the terrifying new reality facing Southeast Asia's dissidents.
January 07, 2025

Court Grants Ex-Malaysian PM Najib Appeal in House Arrest Ruling

By Sebastian Strangio
The former leader is leaving no leaf unturned in his bid to serve his remaining corruption sentence under house arrest.

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